{"id":27055,"date":"2015-03-18T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T01:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=27055"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:56:14","slug":"re-borged-the-supportive-springborg-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/re-borged-the-supportive-springborg-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-borged – The Supportive Springborg – The #QldWeekly blogazine: #qldpol @Qldaah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Re-borged:<\/a><\/p>\n

The Supportive Springborg.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 21, 2015) – Forgotten Queenslanders.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 20, 2015) – TC Nathan passes with no loss of life.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 19, 2015) – Saving The Great Barrier Reef.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 18, 2015) – Sore losers.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 17, 2015) – May Day to return to May.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 16, 2015) -The haunting.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(March 15, 2015) – Working together.<\/a><\/h6>\n

Blogging the week<\/h3>\n

Join us as we blog the week in Queensland politics and news. We’ll also take a look at Lawrence Springborg<\/a>\u00a0as he attempts to reboot his political leadership career. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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The Supportive Springborg<\/h3>\n

Can Lawrence Springborg<\/a> put behind him the traditional clashes of the past to negotiate sensibly in the 55th Parliament? His demeanor is stiff and austere. He lost three elections as opposition leader of the National Party in the old Liberal\/National Party coalition, twice to Peter Beattie<\/a> and once to Anna Bligh<\/a>. He now wants to be known as the supportive Opposition Leader of Queensland. This week he promised that he will adopt a\u00a0constructive approach with the new Palaszczuk Government but there’s a catch. He wont support retribution bills, what he labels as ‘get squares’<\/a>, those that he sees as payback by Labor.<\/p>\n

As the votes for the Queensland election were being counted, he campaigned for the LNP to continue to govern in caretaker mode, hopeful of a re-election in the seat of Ferny Grove that might deliver him the premiership.<\/p>\n

In 2006 he claimed that drinking recycled water would lead to “feminisation” in humans as it did in fish,\u00a0The Borg on recycled water, sex and fish.<\/a><\/p>\n

For the 2009 campaign, he adopted the nickname\u00a0The Borg,<\/em> a name of an alien race\u00a0from the science-fiction series, Star Trek – The Next Generation<\/em>\u00a0in his electioneering material.<\/p>\n

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Rule no 1: never throw anything out. You never know when they'll come back in fashion #springborg<\/a> #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0mfmK2cYjd<\/a><\/p>\n

— Belinda Seeney (@BelindaSeeney) February 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n